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GLOBEY’s World

GLOBEY’s World. Team 8 CprE 320 Design Presentation March 21, 2001. Team Members. Rick Ericson Mike Feller Meghdad (Amin) Hajimorad Natasha Khan Hock-Sean Soo. Problem Description. Unfamiliarity with countries of the world Propose an easier way for children to learn about countries.

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GLOBEY’s World

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  1. GLOBEY’s World Team 8 CprE 320 Design Presentation March 21, 2001

  2. Team Members Rick Ericson Mike Feller Meghdad (Amin) Hajimorad Natasha Khan Hock-Sean Soo

  3. Problem Description • Unfamiliarity with countries of the world • Propose an easier way for children to learn about countries

  4. Objective & Introduction • To spark interest towards learning about various countries • Educational and Fun • Easy to Use, User Friendly

  5. Functions & Interfaces:World Page • World Page • Political world map • Main item on the page • Countries may be indistinguishable from each other • Country select box • Allows quick and easy selection of countries

  6. Picture box control displays picture of the world Map is divided into rectangles that are invisible to the user Rectangles respond to cursor movements over their borders A triggered rectangle is visible to the user and a text label is displayed Clicking on a highlighted region zooms into it Functions & Interfaces:World Page – world view

  7. Each country responds to cursor moving over its border This event will highlight the triggered country and display its name Clicking the mouse on the highlighted country will select it Selection triggers 2 events Selected country flashes GLOBEY displays a bubble with the name of the selected country Functions & Interfaces:World Page – regional view

  8. Drop down combo box control containing country names When user clicks on the country name, the combo box responds to the triggered event associated with this action Event response leads GLOBEY to display country name in a bubble Functions & Interfaces:World Page – country selection box

  9. Functions & Interfaces:Country Page • Close-up country map • Picture box containing close-up pictorial view of country selected • National flag • Picture box containing flag of selected country • National Anthem • Country information

  10. Category selection Allows user to choose one of the 2 categories for comparison List box/Countries to compare boxes/Graph button/Graph region Used for country comparison Functions & Interfaces:Comparison Page

  11. Each button responds to its associated mouse click event Countries are listed in descending order base upon category selected Functions & Interfaces:Comparison Page – category selection

  12. Event response leads to the text box highlighting indicating that it is activated List box responds to its item select event This causes the name of the selected country to appear in the highlighted country text box The graph button responds to mouse click event This leads to a bar graph to be displayed to compared the selected countries Functions & Interfaces:Comparison Page – countries to compare

  13. GLOBEY is a cartoon character of the globe Program assistant Assistance is provided by clicking on GLOBEY Disable dynamic events Information is conveyed through: Popup textbox Pre-recorded sound file Functions & Interfaces:Standard Features – GLOBEY

  14. Menu items 3 Buttons on top of the page Exit Hide/Unhide GLOBEY Sound On/Off Nav. tabs Certain nav. tabs are present under the menu items Navigation tools for moving between different pages of the program Functions & Interfaces:Standard Features – menu items & nav. tabs

  15. Module Interconnection

  16. Design Constraints • Maps are designed to fit into the predefined spaces in the windows • The amount of information about a country is limited • All images are accessible by user. Care must be taken so that they are not removed • Simple appearance and functionality for younger users • Image quality vs. Program size

  17. Assumptions • User is familiar with basic Windows operations (mouse, keyboard, etc.) • The system running the program meets all requirements

  18. Limitations • Only a limited amount of information will be available • The program will not have the ability to be readily updated • The graphics will have a limited quality • There is a limited display area

  19. End Product Description • GLOBEY’s World will be a simple graphical program which will enable children to learn more about the countries of the world.

  20. Questions?

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